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Map of North Africa and the Western Mediterranean c. 1065 - Almoravids, Zirids, Hilalian Migrations & Norman Sicily
Around 1065, North Africa and the western Mediterranean were undergoing political fragmentation, migration, and the rise of new powers. The Zirids...
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Pre-Columbian America - Summary on a Map
We retrace on maps the evolution of Pre-Columbian America since the first settlements until the arrival of Europeans.
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Kaiser in North Africa Cartoon
A cover from a 1905 edition of Puck magazine showing a caricature of Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941). The cartoon is suggesting the German monarch's interest in Morocco in North Africa, epitomised in the Moroccan Crises...
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British Soldiers in North Africa, 1940
A July 1940 photograph of British soldiers with an armoured car in North Africa during the Western Desert Campaigns of the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)
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The Life of An Enslaved Person - America's Journey Through Slavery on the Learning Videos Channel
What was life like for an enslaved person in America? This program explores the daily life and customs of enslaved children and adults from Colonial Times through...
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Georgia's Declaration of Secession - Why Georgia Left the Union
On 19 January 1861, at a state convention held in Milledgeville, Georgia voted to secede from the United States of America, becoming the fifth state to do so. Ten days later - 29 January -...
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North Carolina Settlers
Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan in Outlander (2014) as North Carolina settlers. Image by Starz.
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Queen Anne's War - When Europe's Succession Dispute Ignited American Frontiers
Queen Anne’s War (1702-1713) was the second major colonial conflict in North America, fought between the colonies of England – Great Britain after 1707 – and those of France and...
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Gods of Thunder in Precolonial America - Interview with Tim Pauketat
Timothy R. Pauketat is an American archaeologist, director of the Illinois State Archaeological Survey, the Illinois State Archaeologist, and professor of anthropology and medieval studies...
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North American Raven
Common raven of North America (corvus corax principalis) in flight. Photograph taken at Muir Beach in Northern California by Christian O. Petersen, 2008.